River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

Mrs. Capt. Black. wife of the chief
attorney for the Chicago Anarchists, I'M
/ bosomed herself 20 a reporter of the World
| at New York, in rather a sensational man
ner. She said ''lf those men are hanged
1 their wives will kill their children and then
commit suicide" nina Van Zandt has
/ frequently assured me that if her husband
/ August Spies, goes to the scaffOld, she VIII
I die By her own hand the same hour The
| other women tell me the same thing 10
+ let the men live Mrs Black continued,
/ twill not result disastrOusly, as some people
pretend to think, but II they are hanged,
/ Grinnel, BOnfield and Judge Gary are not
safe As Citizen Train says, there ii be
sheOl TO pay WOrkingmen regard the con-
/ demned as hostages, and II they don't get
I them back there will he serious trouble
/ According TO Mrs. Black, Nina Van Zandt
I is not alone in her insane infatuatiOn. She
/ declares that beautiful and wealthy girl
/ is in love with Lingg, and her parents had
/ TO lock her up 10 keep her away from the
jail.
II Is said that the real murderer of
/ the Voolfolk family has been discovered,
and is in jail at Canton, Cherokee county,
/ Georgia Jack DebOse, a negro of some
| what suspicious looks. was arrested by the
sheriff OF Cherokee county, and while con
/ fined in jail said enough 10 warrant the
that he was of the opinion the negro was
concerned in the Voolfolk tragedy. IL Is
evident that the negro was associated with
others in the commission OF the murder
| His motive was revenge 1t Is said that he
had been convicted upon the testimony of
some of the WOoIfOks OF stealing and sent
/ to the chain gang. IL was % avenge HIM
/ self for this that he murdered the family
/ IL is probable that Tom Voolfolk, who Is
under arrest accused of the murder, will
1 be released at once.
Quintan Campbell. Of LeavenwOrth,
Kan, who murdered his wife has made the
| following statement: Ny wife. to whom |
was married six years ago, left about two
weeks ago u visits her parents. She was
only to be gone a couple Of days. That
time expired and she did not retu n, and
wrote her a letter asking her TO come home,
aud why she remained away so long. re-
celved no reply 10 the letter then tele-
| graphed. She answered that she intended
| to slav IN Kansas City. | waited awhile
and then went down after her and hrough.
her home. Since that time i have repeat
edly asked her TO give me some reason why
! she did not come home, but could get no
explanation, hut finally she confessed 10
me she had been untrue 10 me, and after
recriminatiOn / shot her. His statement Is
denied by friends of his wife.
Billy Mclean. a pugilist and des-
/ DEEdAE GUhTGtltIf AAphG jail 1T ~ AeiAnSNs
Mich on the 2nd inst, when a reward of
$50 was offered for his capture He fed TO
/ Cooks Mill. near Iwo-Hearted river. and
| from there escaped to Canada at Saut Ste.
Marie by a row boat Saturday night he
/ visited a saloon at the American Sault and
| was met by Sheriff Mckenzie. who attempt
/ ed to arrest him. The sheriff was BADLY
/ cut and kicked. Officers Freeks and Ellis
/ went to the sheritf's assistance, and, after
desperat. struggle, Mclean was placed IN
II 81 10 -
handouts and the iron ventilator pipe in
his cell and dug out OF jail. He was cap
tured again by party and was heavily
irOned.
Capt. Black, of counsel for the Chi
cago anarchists appeared before the Supreme
court of Illinois at Ottawa, and asked leave
to withdraw the record in the case of the
| anarchists for thirty days, presumably for
| the purpose OF taking 1t to New NOrk, and
/ for assistance in completing his appeal 10
/ the supreme court OF the United States
Chief Justice Sheldon, speaking for the
court, denied the motion. Capt Black was
i very much downcast by the decision. The
| record which the attorney asked possession
| of contains two million words. Ii IS said
| Gen Roger A. Pryor and Gen. Butler are
looking into the case to ascertain if there
| are really any grounds for proceeding to
/ the United States supreme court with the
case.
A special from Clinton, 10. says;
/ A dance in the residence of W. /. Powell
was given by II. B. Mitchell, to which
James Atkins was not invited, owing TO
| quarrel between him and Mitchell Not
! withstanGing he put in an appearance at
| q O'Clock. and Mitchell believed his lnten-
| ton To be to break up the party. With this
| h. ordered Atkins from the premises, and
on his refusal TO leave knocked him down
/ Atkins drew revolver, but Mitchell got
/ the drop on him and drove him from the
| house. As the two stepped into the yard
| Atkins made a false move and Mitchell
/ shot him dead. The murderer was arrested.
A Brownsville, Tex. special gives a
fun account Of a fearful storm there and at
/ Matamoras. The damage in that section
4 is estimated at Sl,COJ,O0O. In Brownsville
| seventy small houses were blown down and
/ 800 others partially unFoofed and rendered
/ untenantable. In Matamoras dozens Of the
better class and hundreds of small houses
were Frustrated, while 400 10 500 Others are
unrOOfed. In the country on the American
I side OF the river incalculable damage was
done. Countless heads of cattle and sheep
have Eeen lost. Crops of cotton, corn and
sugar cane are completely Frustrated and
destroyed
At Springfield. H.. Capt. Kidd, editor
and proprietor of the Daily Monitor, was
assaulted WltlOuL warning IA u bdibtI Ealol
by John f. Brett. city superintendent of
streets. and brutally beaten. After knock
ing him down, Brett stamped and kicked
the editor while unconscious until specta-
tors interfered. No explanation or the
I attack was offered. but II Is supposed Brett
was incensed by an editorial attack upon
the practice of employing teams belonging
to city officials for city work, in which
Bretz's name was mentioned in an I'M
complimentary way.
| Forty-thousand visitors were present
at the Evansville, Ind, Blue and Gray re-
union The feature OF the days pro
gramme was the industrial parade. IL was
three hours passing a given point. In the
Z afternoon $1,000 people visited the reunion
grounds Many distinguished of1cers ana
visitors were there Gov. Gray OF Indiana
and Gov. Buckner of Kentucky were es-
+ corted to the grounds amid the roar of the
cannon. the sounds of music and shouts Of
/ spectators. Gov. Buckner made "a short
talk. The artillery and zOuaves prize drill
took lace
A telegram from Rogales, Arizona,
states that the major portion of Indians on
the San Carlos reservation have gone on
the war path. SO far as can be learn the
cause Of the outbreak is without depth So
far no one has been killed. but depredations
on stock ranches have resulted in much loss
and the intTepidity OutTivals all past ex-
ploits. The troops at camp north of town
have been ordered to prepare for march,
and are standing on arms. Business has
| almost entirely suspended, and the streets
are filed with people discussing the affair
Frost in the vicinity Of Lynchburg,
Va, has been so severe that it Is believed
two thirds Of the tobacco crop Of that
section is lost. \ dispatch from Evansville,
Ind. saws: No doubt that the growing
tobacco has been seriously injured in the
region OF country in southern Illinois and
Indiana and Kansas, of which this Is the
center. Reports are general to this effect.
The tobacco in the bottom lands is badly
injured. IL is too soon to venture reliable
estimates Of loss on the crop.
A fatal accident occurred on the
indianapolis q st. Louis r. r., the engine
leaving the track Carrying the baggage car
down an embankment- Both the engineer
and fireman. father and son, were killed,
being buried under the engine, and the es-
Gaping steam tore all the skin from their
faces The hand Of the engineer still
grasped the throttle Of his engine when
found. None Of the passengers were in
jured.
+ Oscar Neebe, the Chicago Anarchist
sentenced to IA years in the penitentiary